SMSZombie Cleaner 1.0
Paid Version
Publisher Description
This tool is specifically designed to remove the SMSZombie Trojan. When activated, this tool will scan the apps on your device to find the Trojan. If detected it will remove it. The SMSZombie Trojan is particularly hard to remove and can control SMS messages including those used for payment services.
SMSZombie Cleaner is not a replacement for a security app such as Trend Micro Mobile Security Personal Edition. It is a fast response application provided to help users immediately remove this new Trojan application.
The SMSZombie Trojan usually comes as part of Android wallpapers, it hides itself in the phone and takes control of a device’s SMS functionality. It can send, forward, and delete SMS messages. In particular it targets China Mobile subscribers.
Trend Micro has been leading the way in virus detection and removal for over 20 years, we are committed to protecting users on Android devices as new threats emerge.
Detailed Overview:
What makes this Trojan more troubling for users is the fact that this malware is difficult to uninstall.
Using Android’s own uninstall function simply redirects the user to their home screen, without an opportunity to select the app to be uninstalled. Even if a third-party app is used in an attempt to uninstall the Trojan, it can’t be removed because it’s still active as a device administrator. If the user pushes through with the attempt to deactivate it as an administrator, the Trojan will say that deactivating it will cause system errors. If the user deactivates it, the Trojan will keep prompting the user to reactivate it again.
Trend Micro Mobile Security Personal Edition can detect the SMSZombie Trojan however this tool is required to delete it.
Here are the steps you need to perform to manually uninstall this malware:
1. First of all, uninstall the wrapper wallpaper app.
2. Use a third-party app to terminate android.phone.com.
3. Deactivate the Trojan from being a device administrator. Ignore any warnings by pressing the home button.
4. Terminate android.phone.com again.
5. Uninstall the Trojan normally.
Alternatively, just install SMSZombie Cleaner from Trend Micro
About SMSZombie Cleaner
SMSZombie Cleaner is a paid app for Android published in the Other list of apps, part of Development.
The company that develops SMSZombie Cleaner is Trend Micro. The latest version released by its developer is 1.0. This app was rated by 1 users of our site and has an average rating of 5.0.
To install SMSZombie Cleaner on your Android device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2012-09-04 and was downloaded 13 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the SMSZombie Cleaner as malware as malware if the download link to com.trendmicro.mobilelab.securetool.smszombie is broken.
How to install SMSZombie Cleaner on your Android device:
- Click on the Continue To App button on our website. This will redirect you to Google Play.
- Once the SMSZombie Cleaner is shown in the Google Play listing of your Android device, you can start its download and installation. Tap on the Install button located below the search bar and to the right of the app icon.
- A pop-up window with the permissions required by SMSZombie Cleaner will be shown. Click on Accept to continue the process.
- SMSZombie Cleaner will be downloaded onto your device, displaying a progress. Once the download completes, the installation will start and you'll get a notification after the installation is finished.
